Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§88 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
Loans and financing |
Energy, Manufacturing |
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Innovation Norway is the Government's main entity for business development, innovation, and export and investment promotion. It has a variety of programmes and services in order to support start-ups, improve opportunities for growth companies, and promote the internationalization of businesses. (...) As part of its mandate, Innovation Norway has a number of financing products to support businesses, and it provides a number of loans, grants, or guarantees. [99]
[99] These include: (...) environmental technology scheme (...) bioenergy programme; bio refinement programme; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§110 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
Grants and direct payments |
Energy |
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(…) Incentives granted to "green measures", particularly from the Norwegian Energy Fund, have become gradually more important, and amounted to nearly €1 billion in 2015. (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-Table-III.18 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
Grants and direct payments |
Energy |
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Table 3.18 State aid granted by Norway, 2012-15
€ million
Measure/Year 2012 2013 2014 2015
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Environmental protection including energy saving 878.77 693.09 724.31 956.55
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Energy
Environment
Conservation
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-Table-III.19 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
Grants and direct payments, Tax concessions |
Energy, Forestry, Manufacturing |
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Table 3.19 Industry-wide and selected sector-specific support programmes, 2015 and 2016
NKr million
Initiation year Expiry Type of programme/project Measure Estimated subsidy in 2015 Estimated subsidy in 2016
Research and development 87.5 85.0
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2003 - Bioenergy scheme Grant 59.9 65.5
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General measures 578.0 688.0
1991/2000 - CO2 taxes and excise on mineral oil, exemptions and rebates by beneficiary: Tax concession
- Vessels used for fishing and catching (CO2 tax) 120.0 130.0
- Fish oil and fish meal industry (CO2 tax) 1.0 3.0
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Forestry 362.2 388.2
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2004 - Subsidies for industrial and environmental purposes in forestry [b] Grant 159.8 177.0
[b] This scheme includes: (1) subsidies for silviculture; (2) subsidies for construction of forest roads; (3) subsidies for conservation and enhancement of environmental values in forestry; (4) national grant for environmental considerations (extraction of round wood in difficult terrain using cable logging systems and horses); and (5) subsidies for the extraction of energy wood other than fuel wood.
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Bio
Energy
Environment
Fish
Forest
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§126 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
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Manufacturing |
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In Norway, as in the rest of the EEA, CE marking must be applied whenever required by legislation. The marking is applied by the manufacturer as a declaration that the product meets all legal requirements for the marking and can be sold throughout the EEA. It is the manufacturer's responsibility to carry out the conformity assessment, set up the technical file, issue the EU declaration of conformity, and affix the CE marking to a product. Only then can this product be traded on the EEA market. [146]
[146] Product groups requiring CE marking: (...) Eco-design of energy related products; (...) Noise emission in the environment; (...) Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§128 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
General environmental reference |
Manufacturing |
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When the European Union negotiates mutual recognition agreements, it does so on the basis that the third country will conclude a parallel MRA with the EEA. Through the EEA, Norway has mutual recognition agreements with:
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• Switzerland (2002), covering (...) biocidal products (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§129 |
Norway |
2018 |
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Chemicals |
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For 2012-17, Norway made five notifications to the WTO Committee on TBT (all regular notifications), two on fertilizers, two on tobacco products, and one on laser pointers. During this period, two specific trade concerns were raised about Norway's TBT measures, (...) the other an issue first raised in 2008 relating to a regulation on specific hazardous substances in consumer products. [149]
[149] WTO TBT Information Management System. Viewed at: http://tbtims.wto.org/.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§132 |
Norway |
2018 |
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Agriculture |
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The NFSA represents Norway in a number of committees and working groups under the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission, including the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF Committee) which is the principal regulatory body responsible for delivering opinions on draft implementing measures. The PAFF Committee is made up of 14 different sections, each responsible for different aspects related to SPS measures. [152] In addition, the NFSA represents Norway in five committees that are also responsible for specific SPS-related issues:
• Regulatory Committee under Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs);
• Regulatory Committee under Directive 2009/41/EC on the contained use of GMOs;
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• Biocidal Products Committee.
[152] Genetically Modified Food and Feed and Environmental Risk; (...) Forest Reproductive Material; (...)
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Bio
Genetic
Environment
Forest
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§136 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
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Agriculture |
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The Norwegian Regulations relating to alien organisms under the Act Relating to the Management of Biological, Geological and Landscape Diversity No. 100 of 2009 (the Nature Diversity Act) came into force on 1 January 2016. The purpose of the Regulations is to prevent the import, release and spread of alien organisms that have or may have adverse impacts on biological or landscape diversity. It includes a general requirement of a permit for the import of organisms, and for the release of alien organisms along with a number of exceptions. The Regulations also include a prohibition against the import, release and placing on the market of 31 alien organisms, mainly plants, but also live American Lobster (Homarus americanus). Norway has not implemented the EU Regulation 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/373 |
S-III§138 |
Norway |
2018 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Agriculture |
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The Gene Technology Act No. 6 of 1993 on living GMOs (including seeds) (last amended in 2015) sets out the process for approving the use and imports of GMOs. The purpose of the Act is to ensure that the use of GMOs and the production of cloned animals take place in an ethically and socially sound manner, in accordance with the principle of sustainable development and without health and environmental harm. No authorization is required in Norway for the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that have been authorized in another EEA State in accordance with the European Union's GMO Directive (2001/18/EC). However, under the Gene Technology Act, a domestic decision to prohibit GMOs can be made and the Norwegian authorities may prohibit or restrict the placing on the market of a GMO if it involves a risk to health or the environment, or if placing it on the market is otherwise in conflict with the purpose of the Gene Technology Act, provided that their decision is otherwise in accordance with the EEA Agreement. (...)
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Environment
Genetic
Sustainable
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